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Escape from textured adsorbing surfaces.

Yuval Scher¹, Shlomi Reuveni¹, Denis S Grebenkov²

¹School of Chemistry, Center for the Physics & Chemistry of Living Systems, Ratner Institute for Single Molecule Chemistry, and the Sackler Center for Computational Molecular & Materials Science, Tel Aviv University, 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Sticky particles escape textured surfaces slower, especially in narrow spaces. This study reveals a universal scaling law for prolonged escape times, crucial for understanding surface interactions.

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Area of Science:

Surface Science
Physical Chemistry
Materials Science

Background:

Understanding particle escape from surfaces is vital for many applications.
Existing models inadequately explain dynamics on textured surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate adsorbate escape dynamics from various surface topographies.
Derive analytical expressions for escape time and its distribution.
Develop accurate approximations for complex confinement scenarios.

Main Methods:

Analytical derivation of probability density function and mean escape time.
Modeling diffusion in confined geometries with adsorption.
Monte Carlo simulations for validation.

Main Results:

Deep, narrow surface features significantly prolong particle escape time.
An effective desorption rate, dramatically reduced by confinement, follows a universal scaling law.
An approximation based on 1D diffusion with adsorption events shows high accuracy.

Conclusions:

Surface topography critically influences adsorbate escape dynamics.
The derived universal scaling law provides a predictive framework for textured surfaces.
The approximation offers a computationally efficient and accurate method for analyzing escape times in confined spaces.